Welcome readers to my blog, as you all know tht its been 6 months since I started writing!! as mentioned in my earlier blogs i used to note all the info which liked but had no knwon source to share it …then when i came in to this writing blog business….

And also you all should by now be knowing that I have another blog going on which I update on daily basis …its abt the show “Miley Jab Hum Tum” airing on Star one, its link is : http://mjht.wordpress.com

….so I’ve been getting very less time to update this blog recently but now as the ITA awards will be awarded to out favorite stars of Television ….so here I’m again with the latest update of these awards!!

And so the awards night begins with:

The Curtain Raiser:

It began with the curtain raiser of ITA awards with Afsha n Dhairya (hosts of Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs) …..they started meeting the artists of various serial from different channels and asking them sweet questions like first they met Naitik–Akshara, then with both the couples of Bidaai …n also they were with Prem n Heer…n many more.

Then, later in the curtain raiser they take us to the sets of ITA n there too they meet up artist who’ll be performing at the awards like Barkha Bisht, Veer (Nandish) n Tapsya …n also they meet Manav n Archana n asks him ‘in the serial they are almost at the edge of being divorced n so why are they performing together here ..what if Manav’s aai (mom) found out ..what will happen??’ ..to this Manav (Sushant) is making faces ….b Afsha acting like his Mom throws slaps his way …hahaha!! how cute his smile was awww

Ok then comes the Red Carpet of ITA, with Dhairya n Afsha again ….n so begins the entries of televisions beautiful stars …n Dhairya n Afsha start interacting with them n asking questions like ‘why awards take place at night? …if a kid passes KG what song will he sing (KG kiya re, KG kiya re…) n so on.

Then comes the time of main award function, where the hosts for the evening take over n they are Gaurav Gera n Sunil Grover (they were also the host of Hans Baliye!)

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After the show had its formal beginning the hosts introduced the audience with the Jury members …n they were all famous personalities of the entertainment business, experts of their fields…

Then cam the first performance of the evening by charming Tamanna, Syantini nad Barkha Bisht ….they all had their parts to perform on the song ‘All the Best’ n they were wearing some Mexican carnival sort of white dresses.

This led the way to the announcement of winners from the technical field, in which awards like best visual effects, lyrics of title song, etc were given. I only took note of two coz they involved my favorites, as in

Best Music to Lalit Sen for Ballika Vadhu; and

Best Singer to Sonu Nigam for Dill Mil Gaye!!

Then as these awards were wrapped up, the host cracked a joke saying, ‘people should go n buy the cars of TV stars …the asked ‘why?’ ….so the first one replied ‘as it is they out of 24hrs, spend 17-18 on the sets n the car is just wasted parked outside, So…

But it’s a great pleasure that our car of ITA has been running successfully since 9yrs …so we move ahead..

And so begins the sizzling performance of Shaleen n Daljit on a parody of three songs; first ‘mera naam chin-chin choo’ …then ‘Roop tera mastana’…n then final song ‘Ser par topi lal haath mein reshm ka rumal ho tera kya kehna..’ ….they were looking just so sensational while performing!!

Then, the first set of awards, which were selected by the Jury members. The first one was–

Best Child Programme:

M.A.D on Disney

Best Child Artist:

Avika Gor as Anandi in ‘Ballika Vadhu’

Best Historical/Mythological Serial:

Meera on NDTV Imagine

Best Game/Quiz Show:

‘Sach ka Samnaa’ on Star Plus

Best Reality Show:

‘Aap ki Kachehri’ on Star Plus

Best Music/ Film Based Show:

Indian Idol 4 on Sony TV

Best News/ Current Affairs Show:

CJ Show

As these set of award came to an end, the host took the audience o the world of music by mentioning the world famous musician, who isn’t among us this year ..its Michael Jackson (MJ) …n to pay a tribute to him the top finalists of Dance India Dance (DID) were called upon the stage. First came Alisha Singh to perform …followed by Siddhesh, who on the tunes of a Marathi song did MJ style of steps …then finally came Salman Khan (winner of DID 1) …n he too on the tunes of an Indian song, had the steps of MJ!! They all were super fabulous in their dancing …much improved than before.

After this rocking performance by our DID winners, it was time to announce the next set of Jury awards. It started with:

Best Fashion/ Life Style Channel:

NDTV Good Times

Best Thriller/ Horror Serial:

CID

Best TV Event:

IIFA awards 2009

Best Talk/Chat Show:

Tere Mere Beeech Mein – Shahrukh Kahn & Farah Khan

Best Director – Comedy

Kante ki Takkar

Best Comedy Serial:

Tarak Mehta ka Ulta Chahsma

Then in here as a special honor a ‘Scroll of honor’ was presented to Mr. Anuj Kapoor for the Channel Sab TV

Then, Best Anchor- News/Current Affairs:

Prabhu Chawla

Best English News Channel:

NDTV Imagine

Best Hindi News Channel:

Aaj Tak

And so after the giving of the above awards, came the rocking performance of the most adorable couple on TV screen (well acc to me) …our very own Manve n Archana from the serial ‘Pavitra Rsihta’. The act started with Manav (Shushant Singh) coming on the stage wearing ordinary jeans with t-shirt n greenish jacket …but in these simple accessories too, he was looking so handsome n cute. Then he was joined in by Archana (Ankita Lokhande), who in her bluish-purple top n black shining shorts, also wearing a cap was looking so cute n adorable. They performed on a parody of four songs:

First, on ‘Blue’ – the title song of movie ‘Blue’

….then, on ‘Genda Phool’ from the movie ‘Delhi-6’

….after this, on th song ‘Om Mangalam’ from ‘Khambakt Ishq’

….n then lastly on the song ‘Lave Me’ from ‘Wanted’ movie.

And this mesmerizing performance from Sushant n Archana made way for the next set of Jury awards. And they were:

Best Actress in Supporting Role

Smita Bansal as Sumitra in ‘Ballika Vadhu’

Best Actor in Supporting Role:

Aditya Lakhia as Nanku in ‘Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya hi Kijo’

Best Actress in a Negative Role:

Surekha Sikri as ‘Daadi saa’ in ‘Ballika Vadhu’

Best Actor in a Negative Role:

Sudesh Berry as ‘Loha Singh’ in ‘Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya hi Kijo’

And as a trend, after these awards came the next performance …n it was by two couples on two different songs each. The first couple was of Veer (Nandish) and tapsya (Rashmi Desai) from the serial ‘Uttaran’ on Colors. These two performed on the songs ‘Koyalia re’ from the movie ‘Life Patner’ and on Mann ati Bhave’ from ‘Landon Dreams’. And the second couple was Ranvir (Kinshuk) n Ragini (Parul); They too had their performance on two songs, which were, first ‘Aaja Aaja’ from the movie Kaminey; and then on the title song of ‘Bachna aee Haseeno’.

But this performance was done in mixed manner like, first Veer-Tapsya had the dance on their first song …then came Ranvir-Ragini with their opening song. After this second song of Veer-Tapsya …n then final closing by Ragini-Ranvir!!

Then the next set of Jury awards was given:

Best Anchor – Comedy/Quiz Show:

Salman Khan for ‘Dus ka Dum’

Best Anchor – Music/ Film Based Show:

Meiyang Chang for ‘Indian Idol 4’

Best Anchor – Chat/ Talk Show:

Female: Dr.Kiran Bedi for ‘Aap ki kachehri’

Male : Rajdeep Sardesai for ‘Battle for India’

Best Entertainment Channel:

Colors

Best Actress – Comedy:

Disha Vakani for ‘Tarak Mehta ka Ulta Chashma’

Best Actor – Comedy:

Cyrus Brocha for ‘The Election that isn’t & the week that wasn’t’

Best Actress – Drama:

Ratan Rajput as Lalli in AJMBHK

Best Actor – Drama:

Ronit Roy as Dharamraj in ‘Bandini’

As the functuion moved ahead, came the time for another performance n this too had two very famous couples of television, one was the newly married young couple from the serial ‘Ballika Vadhu’ – Shyam (Vikrant Massey) n Sugna (Veebha Anand) …n they performed on the songs: ‘Tera hone laga hu’ from ‘Ajab Prem ki Gajab Kahani’;

….and on ‘Dekho Chand aaya’ from Ranbir’s debut movie ‘Sawariya’

The second couple of Prem (Harshad Chopra) and Heer (Aditi Gupta) also had two sings for them, namely ‘Teri Ore’ from Katrina’s movie ‘Singh is King’;

…..and the second song for them was ‘Prem ki Naiya’ yet again from Ranbir-Katrina’s latest flick “‘Ajab Prem ki Gajab Kahani’ (APKGK).

Next we see a special segment where the Convenor n President of ITA awards Mr. Shashi Ranjan n Anu Ranjan resp. were called upon stage to give away the special award ‘The Scroll of Honor’. And it was presented to the team of APKGK for their particular contribution to the entertainment Industry!

It started with,

Best entertainer of the Year (female) – Katrina Kaif

Best entertainer of the Year (male) – Ranbir Kapoor

Best entertaining Director of the Year – Rajkumar Santoshi

Best entertaining Producer of the Year – Ramesh Torani

And the giving away of awards continued, but now it was time to give the awards for the popular category, which are:

Best Actress:

Hina Khan as Akshara in ‘Yeh Rishta kya Kehlata Hai’

Best Actor”

Karan Mehra as Naitik in ‘Yeh Rishta kya Kehlata Hai’

Now as the function was speeding towards its end, the stage was again lightened with the shine of the mixed performance of all the stars who had alreadyt performed once, like:

DID dancers – Siddhesh, Alisha, Salmaan n this time they were joined by Jai Nair. They performed on the song ‘And we Twist’ from the movie ‘Lave aaj Kal’

Then, came back on stage the couples, one by one, like Shyam n Sugna and Pem n Heer dancing on the song ‘All is well’ from the forthcoming Aamir movie ‘3 Idiots”;

After which came Veer n Tapsya looking great to perform on the song ‘Barso re’ from “London Dreams’;

And then jst lkike they started the three girls from the opening act came back to have part in the closing act as well.

In the end, the last 3 main Jury awards were announced n they were:

Best Director – Drama:

Siddharth Gupta and Pradeep Yadav for “Ballika Vadhu”

Best Serial –Drama: (we had two winners)

‘Ballika Vadhu’ of Sphere Origins Multivision Pvt Ltd:

….And ‘Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya hi Kijo’ of Swastik Pictures

Then last but not the least was the award for the best serial of television in the popular category, and it was won by:

“Agla Janam Mohe Bitiya hi Kijo” is a story of a young village girl named “Laali”, played by Ratan Rajput ….who was previously seen playing the character of ‘Ruchi’ from ‘Radha ki betiyan kuch kar dhikhengi’.

Laali, a seventeen year old, who’s born into a farmer family, living in a remote area in Bihar. Her family is from a low cast background and by profession are rat killers or ‘Musahars’ who help the Zamindaars to protect their land and homes from infestation. In her family she has her father Nanku (played by Aditya Lakhia), her mother Majri (played by Tuhina Vora), n their four children; n Laali is the eldest among her siblings of four girls n a boy.

Nanku, father of Laali, also has a limb in his foot, so he’s not physically that fit ….still he ties hard to earn money for his family. So many-a-times their family sleeps with a hungry stomach. And Laali who’s a caring, family girl …..being the eldest among siblings tries everything she can to help her parents, by doing any petty job or just taking care of her siblings …….But here we should you that Laali is already married. As still happens in most of the parts of India, (till this time it happens) Laali too has been married at a very tender age by her parents, with a boy Ganeshia from the neighboring village ….but still she stays with her parents, till she gets a little mature n they do her “Gauna” (sort of ceremony for the girl’s Bidaai to her in-laws).

Now the main story, Laali being the eldest she feels it as her responsibility to look after her siblings n help her parents, without ever asking anything in return. Then, apart from her family (n dreaming of Ganeshia ofcourse) Laali is much attached to her two friends namely, Phulbatiya n Shanichari …n like Laali these two girls have also been married at young age ….n Gauna’ of the first one has been done …..So now whenever this friend comes back to the village, Shanichari n Lali are just too excited to have their new live with their husband resp.

Then, the Laali’s story takes a major turn when, she gets the good news of her friend Shanichari’s ‘Gauna’ been finalized ….both the girls are pretty happy!!. But not for long, soon out of the blue, Laali is shocked when she see Shanichari tries to commit suicide ….well she is saved …but just like a loath of flesh! ….and then, when Laali investigates, she’s traumatized to know that in the name of ‘Gauna’ Shanichari has been sold to the local village goon, Bali (involved in these kind of activities) by her parents, n where is she taken to, even they have no clue!!.

Now coming back to Laali’s family problems, seeing all this selling of daughter ‘coz of money issues…. Laali’s father gets worried that their financial problems might also let the goons to target Laali …..So next thing he does is go to Laali’s in-laws to ask for a Gauna …..but there he’s again faced with another reality …the in-laws of Laali demand ten thousand cash for the ceremony (well in simple terms they want Dowry) …..instead of being a poor farmer, for the sake of his daughter, Nanku Laali’s father agrees to the condition n sets off back home.

At home, Nanku is tensed n he shares this with his wife ….then to get the situation resolved, he does what he shouldn’t have …..he tries to steal some of the cattle from the Zamindaar …but his bad luck that he’s caught n put into jail ….so bringing more problems on the family …..and as she (Lali) goes to the zamindaar for help , that filthy fellow tries to have a dirty eye on her, but some how she manages to escape.

Here luck too seems to be against Laali n her family. As it is her father is in jail, n to worsen things…..her younger brother falls sick …..n to get some money for medicines…..Laali tries her hand at running for the prize in the village men’s race …there too the guys try to harass her but she again saves her self n wins …..but who’s the judge, the same zamindaar, so he instead of awarding Laali ……says that it was a men’s race n this girl (Laali) was just participating …that’s why she’s not eligible for the prize money. Hearing this, Laali is devastated ….she loses all her hope …..n while running the distance she exhausts herself, with an empty stomach …..n so we see Lali too falling unconscious n sick. Now all alone, her mother has to face three challenges simultaneously, Nanku in jail…little son down with high fever n Laali with her weakness ……so the story takes another twist when the local goon comes in the picture and offers money to Nanku’s wife on the a/c to buy Laali …..Initially, Laali’s mother throws back the offer right to his face but soon giving in to the unavoidable circumstances, she agrees to it. So, Nanku is released from jail ……n when Nanku finds about as to where did his wife got the money from ……so being helpless parents, they try to run away from the village taking their sick children in the same condition …but here again luck not favoring them …..they are forced back to the village by heavy rains n storms n so get caught by Bali.

So again accepting everything as their destiny, they decide to go ahead with the dealing of Laali but without telling her that she’s being sold ….instead they tell her that its her Gauna n so she’s going to her Husband n in-laws place. And to take her enters the character of RannVijay (thakur’s elder son). While all the rituals for ‘Gauna’ are being performed …then after Laali’s so called ‘shudhikaran’ (a ritual to pure her as she belonged to a lower cast) ….she isn’t allowed to touch or go near her parents …..she bids them goodbye from a distance n leaves with some people! Later on the way she finds out at a Dhaba (eating corner), that they are instead of going towards Ganeshia’s village, are going the opposite way ….so to put off her doubt, Rannvijay (the person incharge of bringing her) tells her that her husband Ganeshia works in another village n so she’s been taken to him there!

Now its almost dark as she reaches her destination, n there she finds herself in a large mansion sort of place (like that of zamindaars) ….n also she finds it confusing when she’s not welcomed like a new bride. Then Dai (a maid played by Sushmita Ganguly) to a small hut area n wait for Ganeshia to come …but in comes “Loha Singh” to have a look at his worth!

And so we have an introduction of the Thakur family ….…the introduction of the main negative character of the show, “Loha Singh” (played by Sudesh Berry) …he’s the one who has bought Laali, for his younger son, Shekhar! ‘coz there’s no male heir to the Thakur family, RannVijay has two twin daughters, and Shekhar has no child …and like any orthodox family Loha Singh too is gritty to have a grandson!

Now, something about Shekhar, he’s the second son to Loha Singh …he’s married to Siddheshwari (played by Sukirti Khandpal) n he’s very happy with her too!! But coz Siddheshwari cannot beget children …..that’s the reason why Loha Singh has bought Laali to become the surrogate mother to give his family an heir. And in all these proceedings, Rannvijay the elder son of Loha Singh has been the one to do all the dealing part! …..But also we should know that even if Laali has been bought n even brought to this house, Shekhar doesn’t approve of all this, just to get a child ….he’s somewhat the odd duckling out….means he’s very polite instead of being from the family of dictators!!

Again coming back to Laali, she is waiting for her husband to come …right then she hears the sound of flute playing (bansuri) …n feeling an attraction to the sound, Laali starts walking to it ….and as she finally reaches the place, that’s under a tree, she see Shekhar …n remembering her last faded memory of ‘Ganeshia’ (her husband) Laali assumes Shekhar to be her ‘Ganeshia’ ….n like any wife, she instantly starts admiring her husband. After, Loha Singh finding out about this latest happening, (Laali thinking of Shekhar to be Ganeshia) ….n so he orders everyone to keep their silence n illusion of Laali ….n also asks Shekhar to trick Laali by playing along this Ganeshia act ….and use Laali to conceive a child …..so that his wish of a grandson (heir) could be fulfilled without any obstacles.

Then we see, different scene where, Laali is trying to get Shekhar’s attention ….to an extent he agrees but the thought of betraying his wife, Siddheshwari (whom he dearly loves) …every time Shekhar backs out, leaving Laali in mess of unanswered questions. One time, Laali even asks Shekhar to fill her maang with sindoor …but he again hesitates. But as the circumstances unfold, Laali comes face to face with this reality that Shekhar is not her husband ….however the younger son of the zamindaar …n also that she has been sold by her parents to these zamindaars. Initially she doesn’t believe them. So after the identity of Shekhar being revealed, now Loha Singh openly tries to force Laali n Shekhar to be with one another ….he even locks them both in the small hut, but Shekhar doesn’t even touch Laali let alone sleep with her.

However next morning when asked, Shekhar lies to his father n says that he has done what he was asked to do. To which Loha Singh is super glad that he’s gonna have a grandson. But Laali knowing the whole truth tries again to escape and after various attempts to break out, which also leads to her being punished cruelly by Loha Singh!! ….she finally manages to escape from their trap, with the help of Jamuni (Dai’s

Daughter) n Shekhar!! And as she escapes, Loha Singh again orders Bali to re-capture Laali ‘coz he thinks that Laali is carrying the family’s heir (as lied by Shekhar). So, Bali head to her village, assuming that she’ll first return to her family!!

Now for her way home, Laali she catches a bus home, but as she had no money with her, she’s almost thrown out of the bus, when a women passenger comes to her rescue …she shouts at the bus people n agrees to pay for Laali’s bus journey. And then this woman takes the seat next to Laali …..well she seemed quite interested in Laali. In a formal intro, this woman introduces herself as Daali (oh no, later we come to know that this Daali is the owner of a brothel). At her village stop, Laali expresses her gratitude to this Daali ….n starts walking towards her home …..but just a few steps away from her home, she finds Bali talking to her father, Nanku. Where, Bali is threatening Nanku not to hide Laali, if she returns home as she has been sold to the Thakurs!! ……..hearing this, right in the presence of her father, Laali realizes that she’s actually been sold, n so she’s heart broken. Laali all devastated by this truth decides to leave without meeting her parents …but eventually she has to go home, when she’s spotted by her mother, Majri passing their home. Now, at home, Laali isn’t talking much to her parents …she’s spending all her time with her siblings. She ‘s still shocked by her reality …but in a way she’s happy for her brother n sisters. And here Laali finds out about Rekha getting married {{but still not knowing that Rekha is getting married to her Ganeshia…(it all so happened, that while she’s been away, her family still is in turmoil ….well, Nanku n his wife only uses the amount needed for the treatment of their son, n save the rest for the marriage of their remaining two daughters …but when, the father-in-law of Laali come to enquire about her …n on coming to know about her being sold for such a huge amount …he too demands a share in it. This fellow gives Nanku two options, 1. to marry her second daughter to his son, Ganeshia (husband of Laali) ….n 2. Or else he threatens to give Nanku to the police. Again feeling all incarcerated in the hands of their destiny, Nanku n wife agrees to the first condition of marrying Rekha (their second daughter) to Ganeshia …and so they start preparing for the marriage}} …..So after some time, Laali decided to leave …her parents beg for her forgiveness …n she explains them that she has nothing against them …..n she’s leaving coz of Bali, who’s constantly threatening her family, looking for her!

And as she cannot be with her parents no more, Laali decides to go to Ganeshia. She reaches the village, n his home ……there she sees her Ganeshia (played by Karan Mehra) …….she tells him how much long n obstacles she has crossed to meet him. Ganeshia seems stunned by her arrival. Laali is really happy to be with her husband at last ……but soon all her happiness vanishes, when she realizes that Ganeshia is getting married again …n the would be bride to her husband is none other than her own younger sister Rekha ….now this revelation totally smashes Laali n she chooses to sacrifice her love for her sister …..n putting up an act, she tells Ganeshia that she cant return now, as she has become someone’s mistress. Hearing this, Ganeshia backs off feeling dismayed with Laali …n also doesn’t allow to take his blessings. And so she leaves from there too!!

But as the ceremony takes place n the groom is addressed as Ganeshia, Rekha realizes that she’s getting engaged to her Laali didi’s Ganeshia ….n so she refuses to marry him.